Javed Akhtar is part of 'Manto', reveals Nandita Das

Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das says veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is
part of her directorial 'Manto', a biopic on late writer Saadat Hasan
Manto.

'My next movie is titled 'Manto'. Preparations are going on, Shabana
Azmi is acting in it and it is a secret but Javed Akhtar is also part of the
movie,' Nandita said on the sidelines of an event by Shabana's NGO Mijwan
Welfare Society here on Sunday night.

'Manto' features Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the prolific short story
writer, and Rasika Dugal essays his wife.

The film will be tracing the life of Manto at the time of the India-Pakistan
Partition. Currently, Nawazuddin is preparing for the film and, in fact, he
has already done costume tests for the role and shared the first look of him
as Manto on social media.

Mumbai
Mar 7, 2017

Actress-filmmaker Nandita Das says veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar is
part of her directorial 'Manto', a biopic on late writer Saadat Hasan
Manto.

'My next movie is titled 'Manto'. Preparations are going on, Shabana
Azmi is acting in it and it is a secret but Javed Akhtar is also part of the
movie,' Nandita said on the sidelines of an event by Shabana's NGO Mijwan
Welfare Society here on Sunday night.

'Manto' features Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the prolific short story
writer, and Rasika Dugal essays his wife.

The film will be tracing the life of Manto at the time of the India-Pakistan
Partition. Currently, Nawazuddin is preparing for the film and, in fact, he
has already done costume tests for the role and shared the first look of him
as Manto on social media.